China says it will restore some ties with Taiwan, including direct flights and aquaculture imports, following a visit by opposition leader Cheng Li-wun.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a majority government with special election wins Monday night, allowing his Liberals to pass legislation without the support of opposition parties. Voters cast ballots for three vacant seats of the 343 districts represented in Parliament.

Former Brazilian intelligence chief and lawmaker Alexandre Ramagem has been taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Aluminum jumped to a four-year high in London, as US President Donald Trump’s blockade of Iranian ports threatened more disruptions to shipments from the Persian Gulf.

Benin's ​Finance Minister Romuald ‌Wadagni secured a landslide victory in the West ​African nation's ​April 12 presidential election, garnering ⁠over 94% of ​votes, provisional results ​from the electoral commission showed on Monday.

The hippos are the descendants of four brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar as he built a private zoo.

Hezbollah's leader has urged Lebanon to withdraw from direct talks with Israel scheduled in Washington. Naim Kassem on Monday called the negotiations a "free concession" to Israel and the U.S.

Nearly 100 protesters were arrested after urging Schumer and Gillibrand to block bomb sales to Israel during a Manhattan protest.